Amen, but at least of them is bound to be Kinect related. I'm guessing Ryse is one of the titles he was referring to even though it was announced awhile back ago, nobody has heard squat about it for sometime now.

This is Microsoft's chance to build up a gaming portfolio dedicated to core gamers for next gen.

I hope MS brings it, but I am more skeptical than anything else. MS clearly has unfinished business with Kinect, and while I enjoyed that full-room Kinect demo, I am concerned about what it means for more traditional matters.

But I, like you and a lot of 360 owners out there hope MS focuses on hardcore games as well. As much as I love Halo, Gears and Forza MS CAN'T expect to neglect the consumers who just want to play games... no gimmicks, no flashing lights, no flailing of the limbs, just straight up "controller in my hand" games.

exactly AlphaI think gamers are underestimating MS. But they have a good catalog of IPs that they can rehash for the next gen and also add new ips that will further help them. I just hope MS doesn't gimp on its efforts, I know that they're not blind, they notice all the buzz PS3 gets from their exclusives. Going into next gen they know they need to step it up in one way or another.

I just hope they're worthwhile for core gamers. I feel like Microsoft hasn't been doing enough for them lately. They really need to focus on getting some quality new games out there for people. Kinect games are fine and all, but it won't strike a chord with the old-school gamers out there.

I think MS is smart enough marketing wise they realize that first adopters are going to be composed almost entirely of your "core" players. They will continue to fish the casual audiences with big price drops for the 360. It will not be until they can get the price down on the new system before they can count on the casual audience to start generating larger sales with their new system.

@armrdchaos I think MS will launch aiming for all markets, if you look at the way apple sell to the casual market, MS will make it look like box that will do everything like apple does with its ads. If they make it look cool and if it comes with kinect 2 change tv channel with voice/gesture, record tv, surf the net, apps, music, video, bluray.

Then sell it at a lowwer price than the wiiU expecting to make money back from live and apps/downloads then it may be aiming for the mainsteam from the start.

It's also funny to think that N4G said Blu-ray is useless and is doomed, PS3 is doomed and has no games, PS Vita has no games (after Killzone: Mercenary, Tearaway, Soul Sacrifice, PSO2..) etc, etc, etc.

These new IPs are a really, really great thing for MS and something that everyone should be praising them for, if true and if they are worthwhile. And if Kinect-based, then maybe not...

I have Kinect and sure hope M$ continues to support it. There are many developer out there making great core games, and I know M$ will have some in-house core games also. But, I bought Kinect with the confidence that M$ will give it great support. They have done a goo job so far, but I know they have a lot more innovation to pursue with connect. With a more powerful system, built with Kinect in mind, I am really hoping that M$ makes it a major focus from the start. Most of the core IP's for Sony and M$ are really not worth the wait. MY favorite games usually come from 3rd party.

Im a huge fan of the Xbox, but IMHO Kinect is the one thing that could kill the brand. That and MS not releasing new exclusive IPs. MS needs to have a varied amount of new IPs for the core gamers or they will be last third next gen. scratch that, they'll be last fourth if we count Valve's new steam console.

for me Gears was the only franchise i liked out of the main four they have, and that is not enough reason to plunk down hundreds of $$$$$$ for their next system.

M$ better come correct next gen with variety, and not dumba$$ kinect crap if they want my hard earned $$$$$$.

Orbis/PS4 is a given day for me, and i'm already set on getting a Wii U later this year, and if they dont step up their game portfolio to more than the same four franchises they keep churning out i'll have no problems not getting their next system.

as of right now, there might might be more 1st party studios on MS wiki page, but we know next to nothing about them, what they've done, what they're up to. MS has spend almost the whole gen throwing cash on timed exclusive games and timed exclusive DLC, which worked very well for them. but at the end of the day (or gen) the one and only studio they created is 343 Industries, specificly for the halo franchise, cause the original developper is now a multiplatform one (Bungie).

Sony is still king of 1st party. and by the time MS gets things done with these "new" studios, sony could be buying new ones or expanding too.

PS: I always bought consoles for their exclusives. bought a Dreamcast for Shenmue which is a game so wonderful it was enough for me to justify the purchase of the console. bought a PS2 for the sequels of all the beloved exclusive franchises I started on PS1 (Silent Hill, MGS, FF, Team ICO games).

I got a 360 for 3 games, Alan Wake, Mass Effect 1 and Limbo. Alan Wake was a disappointment (dumbed down or not), Mass Effect ended up on PS3, same scenario for Limbo. now i dont need a game to be exclusive to enjoy it, cant wait for Bioshock Infinite and GTA 5, but when i buy a console because im told that the game im interested in is exclusive and then its not, i've been lied to. so as a consumer, i applaud MS for taking my money. they got me with their marketing strategies. but as a gamer, i despise these tactics and say to MS "Go F*ck Yourselves".

I bought a dreamcast too. Worked my ass off, $5 an hour stacking fruit onto shelves. (Was only 16 at the time). Finally got the machine (after like 100 freakin hours work) and it rocked best console, best games ever. Only to have Sony come along and release the PS2 and destroy Sega, my favorite company. So yeah after that I will never buy Sony. Call me crazy but it is what it is lol.

@kickerzI like the old misconception that Sony destroyed Sega, they didn't, Sega destroyed themselves, there are countless reasons for Sega's demise some of them can even be attributed to the genesis add ons, but to name a few, piracy, tarnished image , lack of DVD, low attach rate, future consoles anticipation, online launched too late, the console itself was released far too early, poor business strategies in general the list goes on, I won't call you crazy just ignorant.

@ eyeco I do agree, there are other factors which I am slightly ignoring. Sega did make some poor decisions. You have to admit though at the time kids would see a dreamcast on the shelf next to a ps2, and you can guess which one they bought. heck the Sony kids at school gave me sh*t for having a dreamcast. so later on I just became a pc gamer for a bit. C&C, Starcraft, league of legends. All were amazing, then got a 60inch tv and a 360.had many hours of fun. anyways now I'm boring everyone wit my life story lol. Have a good day.

And yet of all the sony exclusives, there are maybe 2 that interest me. Uncharted and maybe Infamous, but I kind of lost the love for that one too, just like I did with God of War when 3 came out. It was the same ish. Could care less about gt, lbp, allstars, killzone (clunky and soulless), resistance (generic), ni no kuni (don't like jrpg's), ratchet (too kiddish). heavy Rain was alright for the 5 hour playble movie it was. So for someone like me, and I know many, the Sony exclusives don't really draw us to buy Sony products. Their off-putting arrogance at the beginning of this gen will always resonate with their name. Let the disagrees commence.

@kickerzThank you for your civil response, but another thing you need to take into consideration is that most of the people that bought a PS2 were PS1 owners, those kids that chose a PS2 over a dreamcast were more than likely PS1 owners, a console that was nearing the 100 million mark. Its easy to point fingers at the PS2 but when you look into it clearly wasnt the case

@ kickerz i am a sega fan too i owned every sega system and now i support sony simply because i refuse to join nintendo. and microsoft are just not my taste especially that they have zero platformers Sony are really that much better i hope you can see that sega died because of nintendo first. sony was just doing us a favour taking the legacy from sega and moved on LONG LIVE SONIC

Microsoft did open 1 legitimate new studio in the past year or so that wasn't Kinect related. Yet to see anything from it though. I don't expect more than 1 new IP from Microsoft that would even spark a little interest from me.

@kickerz Im sorry but that's just silly SEGA was to blame for dreamcast demise not Sony a great console will do well despite competition and its faults the 360 this generation proved it. I mean look at it, it survived RROD, Old technology in sticking in DVD, terrible sales in Japan and it had Sony at its heels. Just as SEGA did and it survived nicely because it was well supported and MS believed in it.

I'm sorry my friend but if we count all the ps3 exclusives that has been lost at the start of this generation your comment would seem like nothing.Assassins Creed, Devil May Cry 4 and Final Fantasy XIII made a lot of my friends get a ps3 just because they were supposed to be exclusives.

Sony destroyed the Dreamcast because the bleemcast emulator had better graphics on ps1 games than ps2 and Sony couldn't stand that.They were so afraid that with bleemcast noone would ever wanted the far inferior ps1.

Although MS only just beats Sony on first party some of them make only Arcade games and are engineering teams who work on apps and XBL (5 teams to be exact work only on XBL stuff like Skype and XBL). On top of that Sony has a ton of second party studios.

Then we go onto quality not quantity of first party. Although MS has a few top quality 1st party studios in turn 10, lionhead and 343 they lack the amount of quality studios Sony does. Sony hardly has a weak studio that nobody has heard of I mean on that link there is at least 7 studios that have never even released a game! e.g. Microsoft Studios – Los Angeles, Platform Next Studios, Playful Learning, Skybox Sports to name a few. They have only just opened these studios.

I hope for gamers sakes they are working on Hardcore titles and not Kinect titles as then it definitely gives gamers more choice when choosing there next console. As right now Sony seems to be sending out all the right vibes for nex-gen..

First people complain Microsoft doesn't have enough first party studios and brag about how many Sony has. Then when information is given showing Microsoft now has more studios than Sony they claim they are not quality studios. Seriously? I would also like to ask how you can judge new studios when all of their projects are for the next generation?

Im not even trying to troll here but.....we all know at least 2 of these are kinect based. The other one is probably a shooter. Leaving one game that I might actually care about. I forgot Microsoft actually makes anything outside of Halo, forza, and Fable

Because they are sony fanboys who have no one else to talk to. So they take to hiding in internet forums writing snide little comments about a piece of plastic that isnt there favorite piece of shiny plastic.

@omi25p please Xbox fanboys bash sony because the Move is an updated wii mote so dont give me that crap that only sony fans do it. And Ms just updates the Eye toy so Ms basically did the same thing sony did

The thing for me about the article is, even if all 4 titles are going to be full 360 games, it won't stop my feelings that ms has abandoned the "hardcore" gamer for far too long. And would be in my eyes still make ms 'a day late and a dollar short'... And it bugs me that other gamers still have this, 'its coming, it's right around the corner, they better come with the games' thoughts. How many 'wait for the next E3' comments do I have to read! If they make a new hardcore ip, fine... Im not holding my breath though!

Kinect is played out and Microsoft knows it. There may be a Kinect 2.0 but there won't be as much attention focused on it. I think it'll be more about games with Kinect support than games that are Kinect only.

The truth is core gamers are stuck in the matrix. You have been programmed to hate kinect for now. Next gen MS will put leash on the big gaming review sites that you all are controlled by either let the games speak for themselves or pay for the scores. That will in turn release you from your spell that kinect is some kind of horrible device and that will be all.

90% of what most core gamers know about kinect gaming is wrong and once MS creates an environment to show them the "real" it will be highly accepted.

As a core gamer I'm used to fast, responsive and accurate control schemes as well as much more deep and rewarding gaming experiences than what kinect software can offer. I'm not "programmed" for anything, I just don't like downgrades.

Everything you just said is the programming talking. Kinect is very fast very accurate and has a bunch of rewarding gaming experiences I can give you examples of all. You clearly havent played it either at all or enough.

You have been listening to gaming journalists that are jaded awkward and play fan service to core communities. These days journalism in general is broken. It use to be news to inform and educate but now its information to entertain and reinforce views whether wrong or right.

You would think that with all the money MS has they wouldnt be afraid to create new IP's that attract the hardcore fans heck they can create a new gow/dmc/ng like franchise of their own for the 360 but u can tell with all the success the 360 has had its more about whatever gets them the most money then pleasing the real hardcore base that made the 360 as successful as it is today. I really hope that these 4 new IP's will be for the hardcore because they owe it to them. Oh & also a sequal to Lost Odissey would be also great.

I really dont see it as a matter of being afraid, I see it more like proper investment. If you see something is shaky and wont really reward you that much even if it is successful taking those risks are just bad business.

On the flipside look at kinect. It made sense and reaped great benefits. They werent afraid to invest there while Sony barely even throws scraps at MOVE.

Looking at the industry as of right now exclusives and new ips in general havent really been selling well for about 2-3 years especially new ips. Sony is the only ones that keep bashing their head against the wall and they end up with very little to show for it. I feel MS is just setting up for next gen.

As for Lost Odyssey I would rather see a new game all together. LO wrapped up perfectly extending it would just cheapin its perfection.

I think the problem is that their isnt enough demand from the hardcore base to persuade MS into doing so & a big reason why is because alot of the core gamers are on xbox live and their are plenty of games out there to keep gamers busy but wat about the core gamers who also enjoy single player experiences like games like fallout/lost odissey/heavy rain/alan wake/shenmue? They need more games like this to add to their portfolio that way us core gamers are satisfied & also gives us core gamers the feeling that our investment was worth it & that MS has our back.